Current Author: Mark Korber
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
Letter to Harold
Dear Harold – I got your email seeking my opinion about the need “to advocate for dramatic legislation towards racism and reparations for black people in ...
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Sacks and Jackson
My book group finished the 2021-22 season with one of the best books I’ve read: Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, by Jonathan Sacks. ...
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The Great Meadows
Ralph and I walk in the Great Meadows in Wethersfield and Rocky Hill. I don’t know much of anything about the Great Meadows, except that a ...
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Walks Along the River
My buddy Ralph and I have been taking occasional walks together. We’ve been looking for interesting but not to strenuous two- to three-mile routes around greater ...
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Leadership is Missing
A couple of my friends mentioned Tom Condon’s interview with Lyle Wray that was published in the Hartford Courant on Sunday. Wray Interview. I have a ...
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Racism in the NFL
Recently, I’ve had separate conversations with friends who have lamented the racism inherent in the NFL. I defended the NFL with my best guess as to ...
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No Warehouses in My Backyard
The news from South Windsor this week demonstrated beautifully both how our town system of government frustrates real economic growth and why we never will change. ...
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The Grand Compromise
There was a day a couple of weeks when I thought, at least for a few minutes, that our country was getting back on the right ...
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Clear the Sidewalks
Public officials should remove homeless people from sidewalks, parks, and other public property. Physically remove them. It’s their duty, and they have ignored that duty in ...
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A Glimpse into the Future
This essay has nothing to do with anything I’ve been writing about lately, including the problem of homeless people and what to do about it, but ...
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